Healthy and wellbeing activities’ promotion using a Big Data approach

• Published in: Health informatics journal Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 125 - 135
• Main Authors: Gachet Páez, Diego, de Buenaga Rodríguez, Manuel, Puertas Sánz, Enrique, Villalba, María Teresa, Muñoz Gil, Rafael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2018; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Aging; Algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Big Data; Confidentiality - trends; Developing countries; Economic crisis; Health promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Health Promotion - trends; Humans; LDCs; Lifestyles; Self-Management - methods; Wearable Electronic Devices - trends; Big Data; Internet of things; sensors; cloud computing; elderly
• ISSN: 1460-4582; 1741-2811; 1741-2811
• DOI: 10.1177/1460458216660754

The aging population and economic crisis specially in developed countries have as a consequence the reduction in funds dedicated to health care; it is then desirable to optimize the costs of public and private healthcare systems, reducing the affluence of chronic and dependent people to care centers; promoting healthy lifestyle and activities can allow people to avoid chronic diseases as for example hypertension. In this article, we describe a system for promoting an active and healthy lifestyle for people and to recommend with guidelines and valuable information about their habits. The proposed system is being developed around the Big Data paradigm using bio-signal sensors and machine-learning algorithms for recommendations.